The puzzle may be found at https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/29155.
Guardian 29,154 / Brendan
What a treat for a Monday – a Brendan puzzle, which always means a great start to the week for me. It didn’t take long to detect the theme – doubles, twins, etc … Read more >>
Guardian Quiptic 1,240/Pasquale
Pasquale has a well-constructed and tractable Quiptic for our entertainment this morning. Nothing to frighten the horses here, I would say, which is how it should be in this slot. An unusually large … Read more >>
Financial Times 17,500 by PEDROCK
PEDROCK begins the week…
Independent 11,500 by Filbert
Filbert gets our Indy week going again after the disappointment yesterday.
Independent on Sunday 1,747 by Hoskins
Hoskins filling a fairly regular Sunday slot today to round off the week.
Everyman 4,008
Generally an enjoyable crossword, with one or two very nice clues, but in more places than usual I was a bit doubtful of the parsing. However, this may well be my own failing and no doubt I shall be corrected. I can’t find any rhyming answers but possibly 4dn and 7dn are related since they both refer to parts of the body. One might argue that six double definitions is too many.
Definitions underlined, in crimson. Indicators (reversal, anagram, containment, etc.) in italics. Anagrams shown (like this)* or *(like this). Link-words in green.
Azed No. 2,669 Plain
A plain puzzle from Azed this week.
Independent 11,499 by Serpent
It’s Serpent, so there’s a theme to be spotted. But I haven’t been able to fathom it.
There always seems to be theme in a Saturday Serpent, though I haven’t looked back to check. Of course I didn’t remember that there might be a theme, or stumble over it, till after I finished, indeed when I was looking at the completed grid thinking about writing this blog.
Private Eye (Cyclops / 759) Hopeless Anarchist
I did that silly thing. Grab the Eye as soon as it hit the doormat and tackled the puzzle. I must go back to my rule of reading the damn thing before I … Read more >>
Guardian Saturday Prize Crossword 29,147 by Picaroon (12 August 2023)
Another Saturday, another Picaroon – we seem to be coinciding quite a lot recently…and another fairly tough workout…
Financial Times 17,493 by Mudd
Puzzle from the Weekend FT of August 12, 2023
Financial Times 17,498 by GAFF
A proper head-scratcher from GAFF !
Guardian 29,152 / Paul
Paul rounds off the week for the second time running, making this my third Paul blog in eight days. An interesting and entertaining puzzle, with some ingenious and amusing constructions. I had ticks … Read more >>
Independent 11498/ Phi
As usual, it is a Phi puzzle on a Friday Phi can often include a theme or message in his grids, but I don’t think there is one here today. … Read more >>